历史人类学刍议

历史人类学是文化人类学的一门新兴边缘学科 ,由于这一新兴学科的研究领域是历史上的各民族文化 ,并且在研究过程中需要借助于大量的历史典籍资料 ,容易使人将其与历史学相混。历史人类学是一门具有特定研究领域并具有文化人类学研究传统的新兴分支学科 ,其实质与价值不可能被其他任何学科替代 ,其发展也不会损及其他学科 ,因而应当对这门新兴学科加以积极引进和消化吸收 ,早日形成本土化的中国历史人类学。

Opinions on Historical Anthropology

Historical anthropology is a new marginal discipline of cultural anthropology and it is quite often confused with history study because of its focus on the study of ethnic cultures in history and frequent use of historical documents. However, historical anthropology has its own field and deserves a new subject with the feature of cultural anthropological tradition. Its nature and value cannot be replaced by any other disciplines and its development will not destroy them. Enough attention should be paid to the introduction, study and understanding of historical anthropology so as to facilitate the formation of Chinese historical anthropology.